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<h1>Tile set
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A  complete  set  contains  144 tiles. The tiles fall into four categories:
suits, honour tiles, flowers and seasons.
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There are three suits: 
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the dots (also called circles or balls):
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<img src="01.jpg" alt="1 of dots" />
<img src="02.jpg" alt="2 of dots" />
<img src="03.jpg" alt="3 of dots" />
<img src="04.jpg" alt="4 of dots" />
<img src="05.jpg" alt="5 of dots" />
<img src="06.jpg" alt="6 of dots" />
<img src="07.jpg" alt="7 of dots" />
<img src="08.jpg" alt="8 of dots" />
<img src="09.jpg" alt="9 of dots" />
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the bamboo's (also called bams or sticks):
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<img src="11.jpg" alt="1 of bamboos" />
<img src="12.jpg" alt="2 of bamboos" />
<img src="13.jpg" alt="3 of bamboos" />
<img src="14.jpg" alt="4 of bamboos" />
<img src="15.jpg" alt="5 of bamboos" />
<img src="16.jpg" alt="6 of bamboos" />
<img src="17.jpg" alt="7 of bamboos" />
<img src="18.jpg" alt="8 of bamboos" />
<img src="19.jpg" alt="9 of bamboos" />
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and the characters (also called characks, cracks, or wan):
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<img src="21.jpg" alt="1 of characters" />
<img src="22.jpg" alt="2 of characters" />
<img src="23.jpg" alt="3 of characters" />
<img src="24.jpg" alt="4 of characters" />
<img src="25.jpg" alt="5 of characters" />
<img src="26.jpg" alt="6 of characters" />
<img src="27.jpg" alt="7 of characters" />
<img src="28.jpg" alt="8 of characters" />
<img src="29.jpg" alt="9 of characters" />
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The  suit  tiles are numbered 1 through 9, and in any given suit, there are
four of each number.

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There  are  two  types  of honour tiles. The winds (North, South, East, and
West):
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<img src="31.jpg" alt="North" />
<img src="32.jpg" alt="South" />
<img src="33.jpg" alt="East" />
<img src="34.jpg" alt="West" />
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and the dragons (Red, Green, and White):
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<img src="30.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="20.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="10.jpg" alt="" />
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The  red  has  the  Chinese  character (in red) for Cheung - meaning centre
of  the  four  directions.  The  green  dragon  is not really a dragon, but
a  green  imprinted  Chinese character, Fa (or Fa Choy), meaning "commence"
or "begin good luck."

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Just  as  there  are four each suit number, there are four of each wind and
four of each dragon.

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The  flower  and  season  tiles  differ  in nature from the suit and honour
tiles. There are only 4 flowers (1, 2, 3, and 4):
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<img src="39.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="40.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="41.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="42.jpg" alt="" />
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and only 4 season tiles (1, 2, 3, and 4):
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<img src="35.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="36.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="37.jpg" alt="" />
<img src="38.jpg" alt="" />
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